In Monster, what is the significance of the flashback scene with Steve and Tony? What does it suggest about Steve’s character? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

A flashback is an interruption to the main narrative, and it takes readers to a previous time in order to provide background or additional context to events that are happening in the present narrative. Flashbacks can be a powerful tool in terms of characterization, and that is why Myers includes the flashback to a younger Steve hanging out with his friend Tony.

The boys are talking about baseball, and Tony claims that he can throw a rock accurately enough to hit a nearby lamppost. He throws the rock and misses. Steve teases his friend and makes his own attempt. Steve also misses, but his throw is errant enough that it hits a woman. This woman's tough guy friend comes up to the boys, and Steve tells Tony to run. This makes Tony look guilty, and the...

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i think it may be b, i'm not exactly too sure on this. but b seems to make more sense.